International Exhibition 1876 Reports And Awards Group Viii

Author : United States Centennial Commission
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266387145
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book International Exhibition, 1876 written by United States Centennial Commission and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from International Exhibition, 1876: Reports and Awards, Group VIII On these classes the following statement has been furnished by Mr. William W. Hulse, a member of the group: The Chairman of Group VIII. Has desired me to send a compar ative report on the machinery, as an addendum to his own report. But, really, it is not practicable to form a judgment based on com parison, for lack of means, there being in no instance a complete set of textile machinery exhibited from any nation. The only exhibit which approached completeness was in the United States department, and it was not worked, but kept idle. If I might venture on giving some opinions which I formed, of an abstract character, I would say that, as regards extent Of invention and ingenuity Of detail, the United States were far ahead, for there was scarcely an exhibitor who had not some novel features to claim. For consummate invention and arrange ment of mechanism - based, no doubt, on an Older experience - the palm was, in my judgment, earned for Great Britain. I attributed the extent of ingenuity and invention manifested everywhere in the ma chinery department Of the United States to the fostering, stimulating, and admirable patent-law system. As regards quality Of construction, utility, and fitness for the purpose intended, I formed the opinion that the cotton-gin and the calico-printing machinery, and the machinery and tie-in warps from Yorkshire, were the most solid and best ex amples. The cotton-spool machinery of Conant; the calico dyeing machinery by Butterworth; Spinning and weaving machinery by Draper, Lord, 81 co., Kitson, Lyall, Thomas, Crompton, Knowles, and others; and the tentering machinery by Palmer, - all Of the United States, - followed very closely upon the best examples from Great Britain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.